Growing up in one of India’s poorest regions,parents told their kids to study and not hang around with Akash Deep because he was a bad influence. Deep dreamed of becoming a professional cricketer instead.
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Jason Taumalolo could miss the opening month of the NRL season after surgery on an injury suffered playing for Tonga. And in a further blow to the Cowboys,Heilum Luki will miss the entire the season after breaking down at training.
On a gloomy afternoon at the SCG the cricketing prodigy proved that he has what it takes.
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After a close shave against Manchester United in the Carabao Cup,Ange Postecoglou is inching closer to winning a trophy like he says he always does in his second seasons.
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At the end of another extraordinary sporting year,it’s time to celebrate the best and worst athletes,moments and quotes from 2024.
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Speaking to this masthead to mark the end of his first year as FA chairman,Anter Isaac said he and his board are not satisfied with the lack of progress made by the sport.
Bryce Cotton has produced his fourth consecutive 40-point game in the Wildcats’ demolition of the Taipans.
It has been a long wait in between championships,but an American great has plans to transform the Brisbane Bullets into an Australian powerhouse.
He’s about to start his final year of high school and is already pocketing millions from one of the world’s sportswear giants in an eye-popping deal that will take him all the way to his home Olympics.
Martina Navratilova said it “takes a genius” to hit a one-handed backhand,but the shot made famous by of the likes of Roger Federer,Steffi Graf and Rod Laver is heading for extinction.